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Magdalen Islands
(Encyclopedia)Magdalen Islands ēl-də-lä-mädlĕnˈ [key], group of nine main islands and numerous islets (1991 pop. 13,991), Que., Canada, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence N of Prince Edward Island. They were discove...La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de
(Encyclopedia)La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de älĕksäNˈdrə frādārēkˈ dük də lä rôshfo͞okōˈ-lyäNko͞orˈ [key], 1747–1827, French social reformer. Before the Fren...Tristan L'Hermite, François
(Encyclopedia)Tristan L'Hermite, François fräNswäˈ trēstäNˈ lĕrmētˈ [key], pseud. of François L'Hermite, 1601–55, French playwright and poet. Poor and plagued by ill health, he was a page in the court ...Vercors
(Encyclopedia)Vercors vĕrkôrˈ [key], 1902–91, French writer and illustrator, whose original name was Jean Bruller. Vercors served in the French resistance movement and helped to found Les Éditions de Minuit, ...Roman de la Rose, Le
(Encyclopedia)Roman de la Rose, Le lə rōmäNˈ də lä rōz [key], French poem of 22,000 lines in eight-syllable couplets. It is in two parts. The first (4,058 lines) was written (c.1237) by Guillaume de Lorris a...de la Madrid Hurtado, Miguel
(Encyclopedia)de la Madrid Hurtado, Miguel dā lä mäᵺrēᵺˈ o͞ortäᵺˈō [key], 1934–2012, Mexican public official, president of Mexico (1982–88). As minister of planning and budget in the cabinet of J...Espartero, Baldomero, duque de la Victoria, conde de Luchana
(Encyclopedia)Espartero, Baldomero, duque de la Victoria, conde de Luchana bäldōmāˈrō āspärtāˈrō do͞oˈkā dā lä vēktōˈrēä kōnˈdā dā lo͞ochäˈnä [key], 1793–1879, Spanish general and stat...Bouillon, Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de
(Encyclopedia)Bouillon, Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de frādārēkˈ mōrēsˈ də lä to͞or dōvĕrˈnyə dük də bo͞oyôNˈ [key], c.1605–1652, French general; son of Henri de Bouillon. Bro...Quilmes
(Encyclopedia)Quilmes kēlˈmēs [key], city (1991 pop. 509,445), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina, on the Río de la Plata estuary. It is a district administrative center and a major industrial city, with one of th...Boisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant, sieur de
(Encyclopedia)Boisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant, sieur de pyĕr lə pəzäNˈ syör də bwägēlbĕrˈ [key], 1646–1714, French economist. A local official of Rouen after 1689, he proposed a radical alteration of th...Browse by Subject
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